I Am A Heart Poem by Bernard Thorpe

I Am A Heart



i am a heart

i am a heart
i am a heart that beats,
and tears and breaks and heals,
i'm not a machine,
i'm not a machine that doesn't break,
or that can turn on and off

i am me,
and me is i,
i will always be me regardless of
pressures that exist,
if i break it is me,
if i fail it is me,
if i succeed it is not because of you,

because i exist in spite of you
because i act in spite of you
because i love in spite of you
i am in spite of you

i am a brain,
i am a brain that can think and reason,
and hurt, and love
i do not exist because of you,
or for you, but together with you,
we are not one, even if we choose to be
because i am me and you are you

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tanya Stanford 25 August 2008

Interesting way of looking at it. Love the flow of words and simplicity.

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Bernard Thorpe

Bernard Thorpe

Pietersburg (Polokwane) , South Africa
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